Author Archives: vinaire

I am originally from India. I am settled in United States since 1969. I love mathematics, philosophy and clarity in thinking.

Education (up to 2013)

The posts on the subject of Education were not too many in the beginning. All these posts are being collected in one place to be reviewed for a summarization.

(2010)

  1. Bring on the Learning Revolution! (Old) (October 2, 2010)

(2011)

  1. “Holes” in Understanding (April 12, 2011)
  2. The Earlier “Blanks” (April 13, 2011)
  3. Filling the “Blanks” (April 14, 2011)
  4. Looking at Knowledge (May 29, 2011)
  5. New Paradigm for Education is needed (June 16, 2011)
  6. Future of Education: Khan Academy (August 13, 2011)
  7. Learning from a barefoot movement (November 24, 2011)

(2012)

  1. Helping Somebody in Need (January 23, 2012)
  2. Successes from KHTK (March 3, 2012 )
  3. On Attachment and Addiction (April 14, 2012)
  4. Brilliant Teacher with a large heart! (April 14, 2012)
  5. Helping Somebody with KHTK Looking (April 16, 2012)
  6. MIT and Harvard announce edX (May 2, 2012)
  7. Paths Are Made By Walking (July 18, 2012)
  8. The Puzzle of Motivation (September 14, 2012)

(2013)

  1. What is important to Teach (March 25, 2013)
  2. Khan Academy: Door to Self-Learning (June 9, 2013 )
  3. Free Math Tutoring (October 12, 2013 )
  4. Project Recover America (October 19, 2013)
  5. Mindful Subject Clearing (old) (November 26, 2013)
  6. Science, Math and Feelings (December 11, 2013 )
  7. Word Clearing (V1) (December 14, 2013)
  8. Subject Clearing (V1) (December 15, 2013)

(2014)

  1. Counseling Procedure for Self-Learning (Old) April 30, 2014

(2015)

  1. Troubleshooting Difficulties February 25, 2015 (Metropolitan Ministry)
  2. What is Self Learning? March 1, 2015 (Metropolitan Ministry)
  3. Abstract Thinking March 6, 2015 (Metropolitan Ministry)
  4. Common Core Standards March 16, 2015
  5. Self-Help April 13, 2015
  6. The Basic Approach August 23, 2015
  7. Education and Self-Learning November 5, 2015
  8. E-Learning December 2, 2015

(2017)

  1. Self-Learning Diagnostic #1 June 19, 2017
  2. Self-Learning Diagnostic #2 June 20, 2017
  3. The Stages of Learning August 9, 2017
  4. Supervising Self-learning August 21, 2017
  5. The Educational Approach August 22, 2017
  6. The SLS Math Course November 18, 2017 
  7. Stress and Education November 19, 2017

(2019)

  1. ‘College-For-Everybody’ Agenda July 18, 2019

(2020)

  1. Education and the Mind July 26, 2020
  2. Self-Learning and Assimilation July 27, 2020
  3. Research & Contemplation August 1, 2020
  4. Continuing the Research November 23, 2020
  5. Black and White Thinking December 1, 2020

(2021)

  1. Selecting a Subject June 3, 2021
  2. Meditating on a Key Word June 5, 2021

(2022)

  1. Begin Subject Clearing August 12, 2022

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Mathematics (up to 2013)

This blog started in 2010. There was a lot of focus on the subject of mathematics. Mathematics deals with the considerations that describe the universe very systematically. 

Here are all the posts dealing with the subject of mathematics in the sequence they were published for the years 2010-2011.

(2010)

  1. The Abacus and Numbers (June 25, 2010)
  2. Numbers & Consciousness (July 10, 2010)
  3. Going Beyond Counting (July 16, 2010)

(2011)

  1. Pre-Kindergarten Math (April 19, 2011)
  1. KG MATH 1: Orientation & Spatial Sense (April 23, 2011)
  2. KG MATH 2: Numbers & Place Values
  3. KG MATH 3: Units & Fractions
  4. KG MATH 4: Counting & Measurements
  5. KG MATH 5: Numbers & Operations
  6. KG MATH 6: Patterns & Relational Sense
  7. KG MATH 7: Data Analysis & Probability
  1. MILESTONE 1: Numbers & Place Values (July 5, 2011)
  2. MILESTONE 2: Addition
  3. MILESTONE 3: Subtraction
  4. MILESTONE 4: Multiplication
  5. MILESTONE 5: Division
  6. MILESTONE 6: Mixed Operations
  7. MILESTONE 7: Integers
  8. MILESTONE 8: Factors & Primes
  9. MILESTONE 9: Fractions (Part I)
  10. MILESTONE 10: Fractions (Part II)
  11. MILESTONE 11: Decimal Numbers
  1. The Basics of Math (November 19, 2011)
  2. Additional Math Concepts (November 24, 2011)
  3. Euclid’s ELEMENTS (November 27, 2011)
  4. Point and Unit (December 3, 2011)
  5. Comments on Infinity (December 17, 2011)
  6. Mathematics of Space & Time (December 18, 2011)
  7. Math Overview (December 22, 2011)
  8. Arithmetic Overview (December 24, 2011)

(2012)

  1. A Musical Interpretation of Pi (March 19, 2012)
  2. PSAT Diagnostics (October 24, 2012)
  3. Applied Algebra (October 28, 2012)

(2013)

  1. Math Homonyms (January 15, 2013)
  2. Algebra Word Problems (February 8, 2013)
  3. Pre-Algebra (February 9, 2013)
  4. Quick Study Algebra (February 9, 2013)
  5. Concepts in Arithmetic (old 1) (February 11, 2013)
  6. Concepts in Arithmetic (old 2) (June 6, 2013)
  7. Equations & Transposition (June 21, 2013)
  8. The Field Axioms (August 25, 2013)
  9. Old Algebra Book (September 14, 2013)

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Universe (up to 2013)

When this blog started in 2010, the subject of looking was, obviously, the universe. The universe that we perceive is the copy in the mind of the unknowable out there. It is made up of thought.

(2010)

  1. Beginning (June 26, 2010)
  2. The Nature of Existence (July 2, 2010)
  3. Viewing the Beginning (July 4, 2010)
  4. Philosophical Beginning (July 10, 2010)
  5. Time (July 29, 2010)
  6. Something and Nothing (September 3, 2010)
  7. Knowable and Unknowable (September 5, 2010)
  8. A Bird’s Eye View (October 8, 2010)

(2011)

  1. The Nature of Knowledge (April 17, 2011)
  2. The Paradox of Unknowable (May 8, 2011)
  3. The Algebra of Unknowable (May 18, 2011)
  4. Definition of Unknowable (June 25, 2011 )
  5. Intuition or Gibberish? (October 8, 2011)
  6. Research into Unknowable (November 3, 2011)
  7. What is Unknowable? (November 10, 2011)
  8. The Factors of Unknowable (November 13, 2011)
  9. The Unknown Influence (December 10, 2011)
  10. Infinity and Unknowable (December 17, 2011)

(2012)

  1. More on Unknowable (February 11, 2012)
  2. Meghalaya’s Living Bridges – Incredible India (November 18, 2012)
  3. Freedom versus Slavery (February 4, 2012)
  4. A Perspective on World war II (October 20, 2012)
  5. Preference for America by Other Countries (December 1, 2012)

(2013)

  1. The Overview Effect (May 10, 2013)
  2. A New Model of Universe (August 1, 2013)
  3. The Premise of KHTK (August 10, 2013)
  4. Abstraction and Reality (August 27, 2013)
  5. The Unknowables (November 5, 2013)

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KHTK Looking (2010-2013)

This blog started in 2010 with the subject of LOOKING. The earliest posts were deleted upon being updated, but some of their translations in Spanish and Italian have survived.

(2010)

  1. Introduction to Looking (June 18, 2010)
  2. Perception (June 18, 2010)
  3. Unstacking (June 19, 2010)
  4. Experiencing (June 19, 2010)
  5. Exercises in Looking Set I (June 19, 2010)
  6. Summary of Looking (June 19, 2010)
  7. Attention (June 20, 2010)
  8. Comments on Looking (August 7, 2010)

(2011)

  1. From Unconsciousness to Knowing (January 1, 2011)
  2. Exercises in Looking Set II (February 13, 2011)
  3. The Psychology of Free Association (March 19, 2011)
  4. Talk and Relief (March 26, 2011)
  5. The Psychology of Fantasy (March 27, 2011)
  6. Approach to Looking #1 (March 28, 2011)
  7. Approach to Looking #2 (April 12, 2011)
  8. Memory & Recall (July 31, 2011)
  9. Observation, Experience and Looking (December 10, 2011)
  10. Some Directed Processes (December 13, 2011)
  11. The Basics of Meditation (old) (December 25, 2011)

(2012)

  1. KHTK Exercise Set 1 (old) (May 4, 2012)
  2. KHTK Exercise Set 2 (old)
  3. KHTK Exercises based on Buddhism (old)
  1. KHTK Axiom Zero (October 27, 2012 )
  2. KHTK Axiom One
  3. KHTK Axiom Two
  4. KHTK Axiom Three
  5. KHTK Axiom Four
  6. KHTK Axiom Five
  7. KHTK Axiom Six
  8. KHTK Axiom Seven
  9. KHTK Axioms: A Work in Progress
  10. KHTK Axioms: A Work in Progress #2
  1. Penetrating Mystery (January 7, 2012)
  2. Introduction to KHTK (old-1) (April 3, 2012)
  3. The Basics of Looking (April 6, 2012)
  4. The Mechanics of Looking (April 6, 2012)
  5. The Practice of Looking (June 27, 2012)
  6. Introduction to KHTK (old-2) (June 30, 2012)
  7. The Context of KHTK (June 30, 2012)
  8. KHTK Looking: An Overview (October 22, 2012)

(2013)

  1. KHTK 1A: LOOKING: INTRODUCTION (February 20, 2013)
  2. KHTK 1B: LOOKING vs. THINKING
  3. KHTK 1C: LOOKING: THE MIND
  4. KHTK 1D: LOOKING: PRACTICE
  5. KHTK 2A: EXPERIENCING: INTRODUCTION
  6. KHTK 2B: EXPERIENCING: THE MIND
  7. KHTK 2C: EXPERIENCING: PRACTICE
  8. KHTK 2D: EXPERIENCING: ADVANCED EXERCISES
  9. KHTK 2E: EXPERIENCING: SUMMARY
  10. KHTK 3A: ATTENTION: INTRODUCTION
  11. KHTK 3B: ATTENTION: THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
  12. KHTK 3C: ATTENTION: THE MISSING FACTOR
  13. KHTK 3D: ATTENTION: THE MIND
  14. KHTK 3E: ATTENTION: SUMMARY
  15. KHTK 4A: VIEWPOINT: INTRODUCTION
  16. KHTK 4B: VIEWPOINT: THE FILTER
  17. KHTK 4C: VIEWPOINT: THE GUIDE
  18. KHTK 4D: VIEWPOINT: SUMMARY
  19. KHTK 5A: STILL BODY
  20. KHTK 5B: POSTURES OF THE BODY
  21. KHTK 5C: MOVEMENTS OF THE BODY
  22. KHTK 5D: THE BODY: SUMMARY
  1. Knowledge & Inconsistency (February 2, 2013)
  2. KHTK Exercises based on Scientology (February 17, 2013)
  3. Early KHTK Exercises (February 25, 2013)
  4. Handling Deep-seated Regrets (March 17, 2013)
  5. Handling Deep-seated Confusions (March 19, 2013)
  1. KHTK Axiom #0: The Absolute (old) (November 8, 2013)
  2. KHTK Axiom #1: The Relative (old)
  3. KHTK Axiom #2: Awareness (old)
  4. KHTK Axiom #3: Space-time (old)
  5. KHTK Axiom #4: Objects (old)
  6. KHTK Axiom #5: Existence (old)
  7. KHTK Axiom #6: The Universe (old)
  8. KHTK Axiom #7: Location (old)

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The Eastern View of Logic

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Reference: Subject: Logic

The videos above provide an Eastern view of Logic.

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